Aqueous pesticide concentrates containing a pesticide (such as an auxinic herbicide), a surfactant, and a naturally or petroleum derived oil and the use of aqueous pesticide spray mixtures incorporating such concentrates are described. The aqueous pesticide concentrates described herein include from 5 to 90 weight percent of a pesticide (such as an auxinic herbicide), from 0.1 to 20 weight percent of a surfactant, and from 0.1 to 20 weight percent of a naturally or petroleum derived oil. The aqueous pesticide concentrates are stable oil-in-water emulsions that form a stable emulsion upon dilution into a spray solution.

Herbicides, systems, and methods for inhibiting germination of a root parasitic plant are provided. In particular, the herbicide includes an active compound represented by Formula I. In this regard, the active compound is selected to bind to an active site of strigolactone receptors in seeds of the root parasitic plant.

Herbicides, systems, and methods for inhibiting germination of a root parasitic plant are provided. In particular, the herbicide includes an active compound represented by Formula I. In this regard, the active compound is selected to bind to an active site of strigolactone receptors in seeds of the root parasitic plant.

A method of isolating a compound 1 and a compound 2 includes: providing Penicillium sp. TR85; inoculating the Penicillium sp. TR85 into a sterilized solid medium; resting for fermentation at room temperature, and obtaining a fermentation product. The fermentation product includes the compound 1 and the compound 2. An herbicidal composition includes a compound 1 or a compound 2; and pesticide-acceptable adjuvants. ##STR00001##

A method of isolating a compound 1 and a compound 2 includes: providing Penicillium sp. TR85; inoculating the Penicillium sp. TR85 into a sterilized solid medium; resting for fermentation at room temperature, and obtaining a fermentation product. The fermentation product includes the compound 1 and the compound 2. An herbicidal composition includes a compound 1 or a compound 2; and pesticide-acceptable adjuvants. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to the use of penflufen for protecting wood and wood-comprising materials against wood-destroying basidiomycetes.

The invention relates to the use of penflufen for protecting wood and wood-comprising materials against wood-destroying basidiomycetes.

Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaracides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.

Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaracides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.

A herbicidal composition containing (a) a compound of formula (I):

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wherein X represents CH or N, hal represents F, Cl or Br, R is methyl or ethyl, and R′ is H, methyl or ethyl, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, (b) a second herbicide comprising at least one phenoxy herbicide, or an agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, and amides thereof; and/or (c) a third herbicide comprising at least one protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, and amides thereof, provides control of undesirable vegetation e.g., in direct-seeded rice, water-seeded rice, transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).